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Lucinda Platt is Professor of Social Policy and Sociology in the Department of Social Policy at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). She has held this position since 2013, having previously served as Director of the Millennium Cohort Study at UCL Institute of Education. Platt maintains significant external affiliations as CASE Associate (since 2013), Research Associate at the Institute for Social and Economic Research (University of Essex), Associate of IFS, and Visiting Professor at UCL.
Her educational and career trajectory demonstrates exceptional commitment to social science research:
- Co-investigator on Understanding Society (UK Household Longitudinal Study) since 2007, leading on ethnicity and immigration components
- Held visiting positions at University of Queensland, CUNY Graduate Centre, DIW Berlin, Melbourne Institute, and European University Institute
- President of the European Academy of Sociology
Platt's research focuses on inequality analysis across multiple dimensions:
- Ethnic inequalities in vulnerability to COVID-19 through the IFS Deaton Review
- Racial and ethnic inequalities across the life course (ESRC-funded project)
- Migrant selectivity, aspirations, and labor market transitions
- Relationship between poverty and ethnicity
- Disabled children's educational and life course outcomes
- Children's occupational aspirations and gendered inequalities
Analysis of her recent publications reveals consistent focus on ethnic inequalities, with increasing attention to life course perspectives and intersectional approaches that examine how migration status, disability, and gender interact with ethnic identity to shape economic opportunities and social outcomes.
Scientific Recognition
- Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences (2020)
- OBE for services to social science (2020 New Year's Honours)
As an educator, Platt teaches undergraduate and MSc courses on migration, ethnicity, disability, poverty, and social mobility. She supervises PhD students across diverse topics including international migration, immigrant integration, ethnicity and inequality, disability studies, child development, gendered inequalities, and social mobility. Her supervision emphasizes methodological rigor, particularly in longitudinal research design and analysis. Platt is currently finalizing an Oxford University Press handbook on Social Stratification and continues her ESRC-funded research on economic opportunities across racial and ethnic groups in the UK.
